**Meet the editor**

Dr. Alexandro Aguilera is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon and a faculty member at the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the National Institute of Pediatrics in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a board-certified plastic surgeon from the Mexican Board of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgery. He won a fellowship in Hand Surgery and in Facial Palsy and Peripheral Nerve

from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He is a part of the Educational Committee of the Mexican Association of Plastic, Aesthetic, and Reconstructive Surgeons. He participated in numerous manuscripts, poster presentations, and books and contributed to several national and international plastic and reconstructive surgery meetings.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Alexandro Aguilera

**Section 2 Reconstructive Hand Surgery 19**

Chapter 3 **Flexor Tendon Injuries 21**

Chapter 5 **Dupuytren's Disease 57**

**Pathomechanics 83**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: The Art of Hand Surgery 3**

Harsha Shanthanna and Manikandan Rajarathinam

Rosa Ambriz Plascencia and Miriam Méndez del Villar

Jeremiah D. Johnson, Colin Pavano and Craig Rodner

Chapter 6 **Crush Injuries of the Hand Part I: History, Mechanism and**

Roohi Sharifah Ahmad and Pho Robert Wan Heng

Roohi Sharifah Ahmad and Pho Robert Wan Heng

Chapter 7 **Crush Injuries of the Hand Part II: Clinical Assessment,**

**Management and Outcomes 105**

Leonel Garcia Benavides, Sylvia Elena Totsuka Sutto, Leonel Garcia Valdes, Simon Q. Rodríguez Lara, Guillermo Ramos Gallardo, Ana

Chapter 2 **Regional Anesthesia for Hand Surgeries 7**

Justin Yousef and Sarah Anthony

Chapter 4 **Current Treatment for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 39**

**Section 1 Basic Principles 1**
